Gamecyte writes: ""I don't seem to be having any fun. Maybe I need to be paying more."
It's difficult to imagine a player saying these words about a game. Yet, there is an entire business model that centers around providing this precise benefit to players - most frequently, of MMORPGs and other games whose balance centers on levels or items. The practice is known as "real-money trading" or "real-money transactions," and whether prohibited by the game's publishers or supported by them, it typically translates to an exchange of actual, real-world cash for in-game goods and services. For a fistful of dollars, any player with a valid credit card can make the jump to level 70, and find themselves outfitted with all the gold and +2 maces they can carry, without having to grind or hunt or consult hundred-page FAQs. Thousands of enterprising gold farmers are willing to catass so that you don't have to, opening the ranks of the elite to anyone who can afford it, and allowing players who might not otherwise be able to dedicate the necessary time to see the promised land of milk and honey endgame content."
It's important in life to maintain a broad palette when it comes to culture and the arts. Hideo Kojima agrees, as he continues to use video games like Death Stranding to introduce people to music and other elements they might not otherwise discover.
Mojang has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to build the world's first Minecraft theme park in the UK.
A three-episode live-action adaptation of the first two Yakuza video games will debut Tuesday, March 17 exclusively IGN. Each episode is about an hour long and will stream on IGN.com and IGN’s YouTube channel.
